True, the Institute For Preventing Flying Pig Invasion has not published much, but they are working hard and are making surprising progress.
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.@asilentsky I think *some* effort on the FAI problem is justified, but
@slatestarcodex’s defense seemed mostly special pleading.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness @asilentsky If one is really committed to MWI, shouldn't one disregard extinction event risks?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness @asilentsky It all seems incoherent and mad to me, but so does the whole bootstrap apocalypse and they take that seriously.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@St_Rev@Meaningness @asilentsky Not taking the bootstrap apocalypse seriously and being wrong means you die.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@A_P_Mason@Meaningness @asilentsky Not taking God seriously and being wrong means going to Hell. Pascal's wager in cyberpunk drag.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@St_Rev@A_P_Mason @asilentsky nice summary of singularitarianism as religion.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@A_P_Mason @asilentsky For what it's worth, Yudkowsky has disclaimed ∞×ε type arguments in his exchanges with Holden Karnofsky.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@A_P_Mason @asilentsky Maybe one can argue singularitarianism requires ∞×ε arguments, but it's not the line that's being taken.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Meaningness @A_P_Mason @asilentsky Rather, it's supposed to be U×P with U a huge number and P maybe smallish but not super small.
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@MemberOfSpecies Hmm, not sure it was clear I was using “∞” as shorthand for “very large, unspecified, finite number.”1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@MemberOfSpecies If that *was* clear, I’m not sure how what I attributed to singularitarianism differs from the actual argument.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes - 10 more replies
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